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University of Florence, Science Library: Botany, Archives, Beccari 12/32. 85.08.24

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Ferdinand von Mueller to Odoardo Beccari, 1885-08-24. R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora, J.H. Voigt and Monika Wells (eds), Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, <https://vmcp.rbg.vic.gov.au/id//letters/1880-9/1885/85-08-24-final.odt>, accessed July 22, 2026

24/8/85
It is very pleasing to m[e]
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Editorial insertion: MS is water damaged.
, dear Dr Beccari, that my poor sending of dried plants proved acceptable to you. An other lot will be forwarded to you shortly.
Very few good spec. of
Eucalyptus

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remain to be described, none of great importance Mr Bentham over-rated the number of species. In 1887 (deo volente
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God willing.
) I will give a supplemental Decade
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Decade 10 (B84.13.19) was the last fascicle of Eucalyptographia published.
It is very interesting to note your observations on
Normanbya

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. The opportunity of examining the Palms of N. E. Australia in their home has never arisen to me, and the material from collector's was always very poor. Bentham is probably wrong about
Livistona humilis

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; at all events the Livistona of Carpentaria and Arnhems Land rises to 60 feet!
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See Bentham (1863-78), vol. 7, p. 146.
But Possibly RBr. may have only seen dwarf young specimens in flower and fruit. I have many Java plants from Miquel, who sent them to me from Utrecht in interchange. As I have also Blume's works complete, I am able to determine most Papuan plants with critical accuracy. Bit I am inclined to give a wider scope for variability than many other workers on Malaian
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Malayan?
plants.
I am glad you cleared up Hooker's error in confounding
Nepenthes macrostachya

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and N. phyllamphora.
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Becarri (1877-90), vol. 3. p. 11; Hooker (1873), p. 97 treats N. macrostachya as a synonym within N. phyllamphora.
When you meet the excellent Signor d'Albertis,
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Almost certainly Luigi Maria d'Albertis.
pray give him my kind regard. The Chev. Guizueta de Taverena and his lady and her Sister will return to Italy next month. I shall miss these noble and high-minded people very much.
Regardfully your
Ferd. von Mueller.